
Words by Em Armstrong
So, if you have been following along with me for a while…you will know that I was so blessed and honoured to win a full scholarship at Barre Body for my Reformer Pilates training and the time has come for me to STUDY! There is always a lot happening behind the scenes here at Saltbush HQ but everything is to better YOU…the people within the community!
I know that a lot of you might be thinking…”oh man I will never have a reformer machine they are so expensive”…“I’m not into pilates” or “what’s the hype around the reformers”…Well you might not ever be into the reformer pilates (which is why we have mat pilates and yoga) YAY!
But there might also be people in the community that do have a reformer machine that want to access flows via The Squad…or maybe local students who want a 1:1 reformer class or maybe you just want to follow along for the ride! YAY!
Barre Body Scholarship
So grateful!
So I have a confession…when I was studying to become a mat pilates instructor (last year)…I was getting distracted (I should have been in bed…as I was over tired)…And I found a little section on the Barre Body website that said “Scholarships”…I was intrigued and started looking into it…next thing you know I am submitting an application (not thinking that anything would come out of it)…
Next about 6 weeks later, I get an email in my inbox saying that I was shortlisted (I actually thought it was spam)…But then I got another email (following up to ensure I had received it)…and no, it wasn’t spam.
I had a chat with a fabulous woman at Barre Body who was performing the interviews (to pick a winner) and let me tell you…it was a wild conversation. Ted (my 1 year old at the time)…he was teething, it was about 5pm (always a good time for babies NOT), and my Airpods had died so I was trying to cook dinner with the phone on speaker and a screaming child.
BUT we got there…it was an open, real and raw conversion about empowering women of the bush! How women of the bush deserve the same access as women in the big smoke and how women should be empowered to move and love their bodies every single day!
I don’t really know what I said…or how she actually heard me over the stove, baby and phone on speaker. But it was REAL and RELATABLE and that’s what Barre Body is obviously all about…and I will make them proud!
Hold on for the ride. Let's do it!
I am so excited to bring another form of movement to the Saltbush community and I hope you are as excited as I am to come along for the wild ride! Keep an eye on our socials and I will be sure to take you on the journey with me!
There is going to be a lot of late nights, study notes in the shower and probably my hubby (or Ted) testing me on poses, technique, alignment, springs, muscles used in poses and everything else that comes with it!
But I am super excited for…Mine and Caz’s weekly 1:1 on the reformer…
Caz Queen of the Reformer
One of our Squad babes from Wagga used to attend Caz’s mat and reformer classes (when Caz lived in Wagga)…This Squad babe said that Caz was the best and hardest teacher she has ever come across…with so much knowledge, passion and heat in her classes.
This Squad babe has lived in Sydney and Melbourne and has been doing reformer classes for over 10 years…so I thought why not get some extra insights and knowledge from the queen herself Caz! So, stay tuned for our weekly 1:1 flows/education session – I will share some goodness on socials!
So, for now. I’ll be hitting the books and the reformer bed – BRING IT ON!
Big love. Em xx